English
chastise
Chastise comes from Old French chastier ‘to punish’, from Latin castīgō ‘to castigate, chastise, reprove’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *kastos.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kastosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcastusas *castis‘purity, virtue’reconstructed
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcastīgō‘to castigate, chastise, reprove’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400chastier‘to punish’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500chastisen
- Englishearliest quotation 1611chastise
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kastosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcastusas *castis‘purity, virtue’reconstructed
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcastīgō‘to castigate, chastise, reprove’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400chastier‘to punish’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500chastisen
- Englishearliest quotation 1611chastise
Earliest quotation: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “And now whereas my father did lade you with…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- ‘to cut’
castle, château, caries, castello, castell, cassation, cashel, castrate, 23 more
through Latin castus ‘purity, virtue’
Today it means
verb To punish, especially by corporal punishment.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *kastos / chastise